Literature
All Grades
Below is more information about the elementary, junior high, and high school grade level courses available. Information for each course will include suggested grade levels, cost, description, and a listing of the materials used. Linked course names will take you to a “look inside” of the primary text.
#20390 Of People Literature
Suggested Grade Level:
7th
Additional Course Charge:
None
Description:
This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily written by English and American authors. The selections of fiction and non-fiction short stories, biographies, and poems are arranged in units by themes such as Families and Friends, Explorers, Patriots, Men and Women of Faith, Artists and Musicians, Sportsmen, and Legendary Heroes. Featured authors include Dickinson, Kipling, Bunyan, Whittier, Dickens, Wilder, Longfellow, and O. Henry. Famous people and legends highlighted in the stories include William Tell, Casey Jones, Paul Revere, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Columbus, Thomas Edison, Johnny Appleseed, Florence Nightingale, Sherlock Holmes, and King Arthur.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Of People Literature, 5th edition | ©2017 Abeka Book Publishers | 384 pages
• Answer Key – ©2018 Christian Liberty Press | 29 pages
• Test Packet – ©2018 Christian Liberty Press | 8 tests
#20395 Of Places Literature
Suggested Grade Level:
8th
Additional Course Charge:
None
Description:
This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily written by English and American authors. The selections of fiction and non-fiction stories and poetry are arranged in units by settings. Locations highlighted include At Home, At School, Throughout America, Around the World, About the Sea, and Upon the Mountains. Featured authors include Christie, Whittier, Frost, Longfellow, Irving, Wesley, Kipling, Hawthorne, O. Henry, and Dickinson. A separate booklet of supplementary lessons published by Christian Liberty Press introduces literary terms such as plot and climax, personification, simile and metaphor, rhythm and meter, allusion, rhyme scheme, and apostrophe.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Of Places Literature, 5th edition | ©2018 Abeka Book Publishers | 409 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 40 pages
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 12 tests
#20400 Of Places Literature
Suggested Grade Level:
9th - 10th
Academic Credit:
0.5 (if assigned at the high school level)
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
None
Description:
This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily written by English and American authors. The selections of fiction and non-fiction stories and poetry are arranged in units by settings. Locations highlighted include At Home, At School, Throughout America, Around the World, About the Sea, and Upon the Mountains. Featured authors include Christie, Whittier, Frost, Longfellow, Irving, Wesley, Kipling, Hawthorne, O. Henry, and Dickinson. A separate booklet of supplementary lessons published by Christian Liberty Press introduces literary terms such as plot and climax, personification, simile and metaphor, rhythm and meter, allusion, rhyme scheme, and apostrophe.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Of Places Literature, 5th edition | ©2018 Abeka Book Publishers | 409 pages
• Answer Key – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 40 pages
• Test Packet – ©2019 Christian Liberty Press | 12 tests
PLUS select two of the following book report requirements:
#20320 Themes in Literature, 1st Half
Suggested Grade Level:
9th - 11th
Academic Credit:
0.5
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
None
Description:
This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily but not exclusively by English and American authors. Themes covered are truth and wisdom, courage, humility, justice, temperance, Christmas, joy and peace, beauty, faith and hope, love, and time and eternity. Lessons on literary terms, such as personification, allusion, foreshadowing, irony, and tone are presented through the supplemental lessons booklet. Featured authors include Tolstoy, Shakespeare, à Kempis, Tennyson, Hawthorne, Carroll, Twain, Frost, Dickinson, O. Henry, Longfellow, Milton, Bunyan, and Wordsworth.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Themes in Literature, 4th edition | ©2010 Abeka Book Publishers | 384 pages
• Supplemental Lessons – ©2011 Christian Liberty Press | 21 pages
• Teacher’s Manual – ©2010 Christian Liberty Press | 39 pages
• Test Packet – ©2011 Christian Liberty Press | 4 tests
PLUS select one of the following book report requirements:
#20324 Themes in Literature, 2nd Half
Suggested Grade Level:
9th - 11th
Academic Credit:
0.5
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
Themes in Literature, 1st half
Description:
This course provides a thematic study of classic literature, primarily but not exclusively by English and American authors. Themes covered are truth and wisdom, courage, humility, justice, temperance, Christmas, joy and peace, beauty, faith and hope, love, and time and eternity. Lessons on literary terms, such as personification, allusion, foreshadowing, irony, and tone are presented through the supplemental lessons booklet. Featured authors include Tolstoy, Shakespeare, à Kempis, Tennyson, Hawthorne, Carroll, Twain, Frost, Dickinson, O. Henry, Longfellow, Milton, Bunyan, and Wordsworth.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – Themes in Literature, 4th edition | ©2010 Abeka Book Publishers | 384 pages
• Supplemental Lessons – ©2011 Christian Liberty Press | 21 pages
• Teacher’s Manual – ©2010 Christian Liberty Press | 39 pages
• Test Packet – ©2011 Christian Liberty Press | 4 tests
PLUS select one of the following book report requirements:
- #29685 Pearl Maiden
- #27885 The Hiding Place
#20330 World Literature, 1st half
Suggested Grade Level:
9th - 12th
Academic Credit:
0.5
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
None
Description:
This course presents a background to the study of world literature featuring the use of short story, essay, and narrative and descriptive poetry. Each reading selection includes author biographical information and questions to encourage thoughtful interaction and Christian character development. The textbook introduces the meaning and use of such literary terms and forms as: character development, narrative poetry, plot, imagery and figurative language, theme, rhyme and rhythm, emotion, poetry patterns and forms, paradox, and setting. The course features classic literary works by such authors as Dickens, Browning, Frost, Holmes, Tennyson, Poe, Doyle, Keats, and Cummings.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – World Literature, 4th edition | ©2011 Abeka Book Publishers | 454 pages
• Teacher’s Manual – ©2012 Christian Liberty Press | 70 pages
• Test Packet – ©2012 Christian Liberty Press | 2 tests
PLUS select one of the following book report requirements:
- #25685 The Odyssey
- #25790 The Pilgrim’s Progress
#20335 World Literature, 2nd half
Suggested Grade Level:
9th - 12th
Academic Credit:
0.5
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
World Literature, 1st half
Description:
This course presents a background to the study of world literature featuring the use of short story, essay, and narrative and descriptive poetry. Each reading selection includes author biographical information and questions to encourage thoughtful interaction and Christian character development. The textbook introduces the meaning and use of such literary terms and forms as: character development, narrative poetry, plot, imagery and figurative language, theme, rhyme and rhythm, emotion, poetry patterns and forms, paradox, and setting. The course features classic literary works by such authors as Dickens, Browning, Frost, Holmes, Tennyson, Poe, Doyle, Keats, and Cummings.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – World Literature, 4th edition | ©2011 Abeka Book Publishers | 454 pages
• Teacher’s Manual – ©2012 Christian Liberty Press | 70 pages
• Test Packet – ©2012 Christian Liberty Press | 2 tests
PLUS select one of the following book report requirements:
#22335 American Literature, 1st half
Suggested Grade Level:
10th - 12th
Academic Credit:
0.5
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
A high school level world literature course
Description:
This course provides a chronological study of classic American literature from the early 1600s to the twentieth century. Detailed historical sections, timelines, and author biographies provide background information on the people, forces, and philosophies that shaped the various literary styles and periods. Featured authors include William Bradford, Benjamin Franklin, Irving, Longfellow, Emerson, Melville, Dickinson, Clemens, Crosby, Frost, Sandburg, and Hemingway.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – American Literature, 3rd edition | ©2016 Bob Jones University Press | 674 pages
• Answer Key – ©2018 Christian Liberty Press | 49 pages
• Test Packet – ©2018 Christian Liberty Press | 3 tests
PLUS select one of the following book report requirements:
22340 American Literature, 2nd half
Suggested Grade Level:
10th - 12th
Academic Credit:
0.5
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
American Literature, 1st half
Description:
This course provides a chronological study of classic American literature from the early 1600s to the twentieth century. Detailed historical sections, timelines, and author biographies provide background information on the people, forces, and philosophies that shaped the various literary styles and periods. Featured authors include William Bradford, Benjamin Franklin, Irving, Longfellow, Emerson, Melville, Dickinson, Clemens, Crosby, Frost, Sandburg, and Hemingway.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – American Literature, 3rd edition | ©2016 Bob Jones University Press | 674 pages
• Answer Key – ©2018 Christian Liberty Press | 49 pages
• Test Packet – ©2018 Christian Liberty Press | 3 tests
PLUS select one of the following book report requirements:
#22465 English Literature
Suggested Grade Level:
11th - 12th
Academic Credit:
1.0
Additional Course Charge:
None
Prerequisites:
None
Description:
This course provides a chronological study of classic English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the twentieth century. Selections in the textbook include such diverse forms as poems and hymns, short stories, essays, and excerpts from novels and plays. Authors featured in the textbook include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Swift, Wesley, Wordsworth, Shelley, Tennyson, Dickens, Shaw, and Orwell. Background material, brief author biographies, and histories of each time period are provided, along with a glossary of literary terms.
Course Materials:
• Textbook – English Literature, 4th edition | ©2013 Abeka Book Publishers | 497 pages
• Teacher’s Manual – ©2014 Christian Liberty Press | 81 pages
• Test Packet – ©2013 Christian Liberty Press | 3 tests
PLUS select two of the following book report requirements: